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Reference number

SM 3/5/13

Purpose

[30] Presentation drawing of variant design for the entrance front, 20 September 1793

Aspect

Elevation of the entrance Front / Design No 1; (verso) detail of cornice and rough part-detail of cornice

Scale

to a scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot; (verso) full size

Inscribed

(upper case) as above, William Praed Esqr, (Soane) This Entablature Sepr 17 1794 / Cornice entirely of Portland Stone, Inches and running dimensions given; (verso) calculations given

Signed and dated

  • 20 September 1793
    Copy Great Scotland Yard Sepr 20th 1793 and details dated, as above, Sepr 17 1794

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes, including burnt umber, Payne's grey and green, within quadruple-ruled black and grey wash border on laid paper (470 x 287)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and GR below

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015

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